15-May-2015 (Friday) Mother As I Saw Her – Swami Saradeshananda
15-May-2015 (Friday)
Mother As I Saw Her – Swami Saradeshananda
Mother’s Preference for Renunciation: Instance of Banku – 02
Banku, being a hot favourite of the young and old at Jayrambati, often visited the place. When his fame as a singer of the Ramayana had reached a great height, it happened one day that Banku suddenly left off everything and completely disappeared. Nobody could find any trace of him for many days. Then one fine morning the little village of Jayrambati was filled with great excitement and jubilation, and its residents from the children to the grown-ups of both the sexes were seen running to the abode of Satish Biswas. What was the attraction there? It was found that early that morning when Satish Biswas had gone out, he met Banku and was able to persuade him to accompany him to his house. Banku had now become a Sannyasin!
[Mother As I Saw Her (Being Reminiscences of Holy Mother Sarada Devi) – Swami Saradeshananda. Translated by Prof. J. N. Dey. Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore Madras-600004: p 142
